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Innovation in Complex Civic Environments

Mills Scofield

Recognize that we work in complex environments and develop tools specifically for such environments. Yet – partly because there is so much innovation occurring in the private sector – we continue to use tools designed for the complicated environments of the private sector in our much more complex civic environments.

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20 Interesting Behaviors of Strategy Tourist

Strategy Driven

Create diversions when things get difficult. ’ It creates a great diversion from the real issues. He has shared the stage with prominent strategists like Michael Porter and reached out to 21,000+ leaders in 30+ countries. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. All rights reserved.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

Attentive to professional diversity and inclusion, we continue to collaborate among professional bodies, chambers of commerce, public sector, industries and higher education institutions on joint events of complementary relevance and membership benefits in leadership and management.

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Leadership and The Attitude Contagion | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

We stayed at the Heathman Lodge, an upscale hotel built to blend harmoniously with the Pacific Northwest environment. If there is a misalignment of values between the leader and those who follow, then generally, a less than positive working environment is the result and poor attitudes tend to prevail. Here, we were warmly welcomed.

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What Tops Your 2011 Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

We found Ed Schein, for example, still working hard in his "emeritus" days, and hoping to discover keys to getting increasingly diverse teams to click fast and work as one in high-pressure conditions. That reflects the fact that, in a year that's been hard on people in organizations, we checked in first with some of the greats in that field.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Gurus Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have tried to reframe the role of CSR by putting forth the concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) as an alternate model, with "innovation and growth" as one of three primary value propositions. We worked with a diverse network of partners as part of PopTech's Innovation Accelerator program.

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The Big Picture of Business: Leadership for the New Order of Business Part 1

Strategy Driven

I zeroed into the fact that the music composer of all these diverse hits was Burt Bacharach, though the lyricists were different names. It occurred to me that this was a talent to watch, as I was already familiar with established composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others. All rights reserved.